Remember the good old days when the likes of Target and Walmart were being hounded by both sides of the political spectrum for sexualising young girls with their ranges of hot pants and crop tops? For one side it was the industrial capitalist machine at work, pulling out all stops at making a buck. For […]
Reports of the suburb’s death are greatly exaggerated. The suburbs of the western nations have long been the whipping boys of many a book, many a play or movie, many a church planting conference. And many a city dweller. The suburbs are where you went to die, if not physically, then certainly spiritually, as Dave […]
As reported in Eternity News, conversion therapy bills have either been passed by Australian state and territory governments, or are being brought before parliament. And as usual, the devil is in the detail. And as usual, it’s the grey areas that are ill-defined where things will go pear-shaped. They always do. And indeed that increasingly […]
No one does unhappy like Nick Cave. Nick Cave was born to do unhappy. The Australian musician has built a career exploring the dark and deadly things of life, and has had his fair share of misery, not least of all the tragic death of one of his twin teenage sons a few years ago […]
I was cleaning up around the front doors of the school building we use for church on Sunday (yes, our state is open, our church gathering is back on, and COVID-19 seems to be locked out by our hard border). It was a typical windy winter day, so there was a pile of swirling leaves […]
On the weekend I ticked off one of the running goals I’ve had for a few years, to run a half marathon at a sub 4 minutes per kilometre pace. And I did it at our state’s premier half marathon event, the Perth Half Marathon, run by the always excellent Western Australian Marathon Club. It […]
Grief. It’s all around us at the moment. Often with a mask on, so that you can’t see the downturned face. There are great griefs and small griefs and griefs that for many would be great, but for some noble souls seems bearable. Then there are the trashy faux griefs (and ain’t there a load […]
The shepherd was outfoxed by Fox. John MacArthur ended up on Tucker Carlson Tonight to explain the most important reason for the church he leads, Grace Community Church, refusing to stay closed during the COVID-19 lockdown in his home state of California. So Tucker Carlson begins with a bit of a crack at the local […]
US pastor John MacArthur is behaving like the moody teenager whose parents “know nothing” and should get out of his way and “don’t tell me what to do.” You know the type. The same moody teenager who is more than happy to take mum’s and dad’s money, drive their car and eat the meals pushed […]
The second innings of the Sydney Anglican Senior Minister drought began on The Pastor’s Heart last week with two Sydney rectors. And they pretty much played a straight bat. After all, if you’re facing a first innings deficit (I thought in my response to Phillip Jensen’s first outing, I put on a handy lead), you […]
